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Book Tour: The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier
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National Adoption Month -- November -- is only weeks away. How better to spend it than by learning from others who have experienced adoption, perhaps from a position other than your own in the adoption triad?
Following is an experiment, one that will be replicated if successful here. It's a little radical. As you've probably realized from the title of this post, it involves the controversial book, The Primal Wound, written by adoptive mother Nancy Verrier about the experience of being adopted.
What is this experiment? It's a cross-triad Book Tour.
If adoption is truly all about the children, we may do well to contemplate the viewpoint of the adopted -- and sometimes infantilized -- person. It is my hope and request that everyone who signs up for this Book Tour come with equal parts openness to understand other viewpoints and eagerness to share one's own.
How will the Book Tour work?
- Sign up [update: tour is now filled] for the tour by November 30. Sooner is better -- why not now? EVERYONE wanting to explore the mosaic that is adoption is invited to join.
- Get the book. Buy it or get it from the library. Soon. Read it.
- Come up with up 1 or 2 discussion questions (not Yes-or-No), which are due to me by November 30.
- By December 5, you'll receive a list of questions from other participants. From this list you will choose any 3 to answer on your own blog or space (one option is simply to comment on this Examiner page the day of the tour). You do not have to have a blog to participate.
- Have your answers to your chosen questions posted by December 12.
- On the tour day, links to participants' answers will be on the Examiner page. You can then read and comment on the answers from other people who have read and are discussing The Primal Wound. The tour is designed so that each person reads and comments respectfully on the thoughts of other participants.
To participate: please complete this form [update: tour is now filled]. If you have any questions at all, please contact me at bestlightlori at the gmail place.
The purpose here is to shed light rather than to make heat. A panel of three people living in various corners of adoption will help set and maintain a respectful tone for this tour. They are:
- FauxClaud from Musings of the Lame. Claudia is a firstmom who has reunited with her birthson after 18 years apart -- truly an amazing story.
- Andy from Today's the Day (they give babies away) is both an adoptee in reunion and an adoptive mom.
- Luna at Life From Here has embraced open adoption with open eyes and an open heart.
These ladies are all well-spoken and thought-provoking, and if you don't already know them, I encourage you to visit them.
I hope to be discussing this book with you soon. So please sign up [update: tour is now filled].
And spread the word!
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